Tim Ridley is a contemporary fine artist, whose practice centres on the relationship between animals and humans.

Tim uses oil paint, graphite and found images to question the uneven power relationship between animals and humans. Concentrating more on oil painting and using handmade inks, Tim’s work has grown in scale.

Anything he makes is undertaken with the utmost respect towards animals and the environment, he has been a vegan for 30 years. Tim is not looking for answers, so much as opening up a space in which future solutions to species extinction, and habitat loss can be found.

Tim achieved an MA in Painting with merit at Arts University Plymouth in 2022 and is a committee member of the Newlyn Society of Artists, he graduated from Chelsea College of Art & Design in 2011, where he won the Ovalhouse prize. His work has been awarded the Gloucestershire University prize at the Open West. His paintings have been featured in the ING Discerning Eye, NOA exhibition, BEEP2018 and Wells Art Contemporary shows. Online he is represented by Singulart, has work is in private collections in the UK and worldwide. His work has been exhibited in London, Berlin and Baku, Azerbaijan. He has been awarded three Arts Council grants and he works and lives in Penzance, Kernow